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    Emil Lazarian
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Exhibition: Russian city to host event dedicated to Osip Mandelstam’s Armenian themed works

Panorama, Armenia
Jan 9 2019
Culture 12:10 09/01/2019 Armenia

The Literary Museum in the Russian city of Voronezh is hosting on 12 January an event titled “Osip Mandelstam’s Armenian frescoes” dedicated to the 128th birthday anniversary of the renowned Russian poet, translator and literary critic, Russian media said.

Mandelstam visited Armenia in 1930, and during the eight months of his stay he rediscovered his poetic voice and was inspired to write poems and an experimental meditation on the country and its ancient culture.

During the cultural event, the students of the Voronezh Armenian Sunday School will present the writer’s poems dedicated to Armenia and his “Journey to Armenia” travel narrative.

An exhibition titled “Mandelstam in Voronezh” will conclude the cultural meeting.

A permanent exhibition dedicated to the poet's life and creative activity opened in the Voronezh Literary Museum in 2011.   

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS